The <a href="http://www.perkinswill.com/work/kuwait-university-model-school.html" target="_blank">Kuwait University Model School</a> will provide primary and secondary education in the new Sabah Al-Salem University City with a strong focus on hands-on experiences, outdoor classrooms, and sustainable studies. Designed by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/perkins-will">Perkins+Will</a>, the new school will feature green roofs, gardens, laboratories and a number of other eco-conscious strategies. Through sustainable agriculture, the school hopes to teach its students about how to protect and heal the landscape which they will inherit.

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Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

The Kuwait University Model School by Perkins+Will will provide education for the community's 700 kindergarten through 12th grade children and some of <a href="http://www.kuniv.edu/ku" target="_blank">Kuwait University's</a> own students.

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Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

The school's mission is to research, test and advance teaching modalities as well as to educate students on sustainability, especially with regards to agriculture and the landscape.

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Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

One of the core principles of the school will be to extend learning into outdoor classrooms to provide more hands on experiences.

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Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

The school will at once work to educate future stewards of the land and re-fertilize the desert land.

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Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

The school will feature strategies to create micro climates through the use of vegetation, shade, and natural ventilation.

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Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

A series of green roofs will extend green spaces and provide insulation while nanoclays will work to retain soil moisture.

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Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

Gray- and black-water recycling will irrigate the land and carefully selected vegetation will work to enrich the land and reintroduce native species.

Kuwait University Model School-Perkins Will

The Kuwait University Model School will provide primary and secondary education in the new Sabah Al-Salem University City with a strong focus on hands-on experiences, outdoor classrooms, and sustainable studies. Designed by Perkins+Will, the new school will feature green roofs, gardens, laboratories and a number of other eco-conscious strategies. Through sustainable agriculture, the school hopes to teach its students about how to protect and heal the landscape which they will inherit.